Jon M. Chu
After two decades as one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, Wicked makes its long-awaited journey to the big screen.
In the Heights follows a small corner of individuals as they face gentrification, immigration, and acceptance of self during the summer’s hottest days.
A likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life.
In In The Heights, a bodega owner has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s fortune.
Frank H. Wu reviews and examines Crazy Rich Asians: It already is a phenomenon. May it inspire much more.
In Crazy Rich Asians, three wealthy Chinese families prepare for the wedding of the year.
2016 is already shaping up to become the year of reboots and sequels; whether or not they are deemed acceptable is a different matter. Now You See Me indeed worked as a solo endeavour back when the magic was introduced three years previous. The existence of the sequel may come as a surprise to some, due to the mixed responses circling the first instalment.
Let’s start with a brief history of musical cinema. When Al Jonson’s 1927 film The Jazz Singer became both a critical and commercial success, it ushered in the wave of “talkies”: films with audio.
The old gang is back…minus Isla Fisher, but Lizzy Caplan isn’t a bad replacement. One year after their spectacular debut in outwitting the FBI and winning public adulation, The Four Horsemen resurface. Their comeback performance seeks to outsmart the tech prodigy threatening them to perform their biggest heist yet.